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Non-governmental organizations are met with suspicion and harassment, with new legislation seemingly designed to vanquish them.
That would allow the United States and other countries to enact the necessary legislation, and provide United Nations negotiators time to translate the COP15 Declaration into an appropriate, workable legal structure.
In the absence of effective national and international legislation to curb greenhouse gases, a growing number of city leaders are acting to protect their citizens and economies.
The next scheduled presidential election is not until 2012, as are elections to the Senate, whose assent is needed for most legislation.
Moreover, he would not even be able to veto hostile legislation, because he would be the first president in Mexico’s modern history not to have the one-third of seats in at least one chamber of the legislature necessary to sustain a presidential veto.
A woman’s bargaining power will therefore be influenced by such factors as the type of job she has, her level of earnings and assets, the strength of her family ties, social attitudes toward divorce, laws governing the ensuing division of property, and the effectiveness of anti-discrimination legislation.
That way, more forward-thinking legislation that has been debated and enacted will have time actually to take effect, without the risk that it will simply be repealed by a subsequent administration.
Such an approach would have been useful for US President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.
The Currency Manipulation CharadeNEW HAVEN – As the US Congress grapples with the ever-contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership – President Barack Obama’s signature trade legislation – a major stumbling block looms.
Currency manipulation legislation is one tragedy that can and should be avoided.
Governments need to adopt legislation that sets 18 as the minimum age for marriage – leaving no room for exceptions such as traditional practices or parental consent.
More often, only state legislation can enforce the will of citizens; strikes, for example, may be made legal or illegal depending on state regulation.
Many of these -- from protective labor legislation to long, job-protected, and paid maternity leave, to free or affordable child day-care -- are today at the top of the agenda of many western civil movements.
The notorious “White Australia” immigration policy was abandoned in the late 1960’s, robust anti-discrimination legislation was enacted in the 1970’s, and innumerable efforts were made to remedy through land rights and social-justice programs the injustices experienced over many decades by indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
But, as the market deepened, inadequate legislation and weak institutional safeguards facilitated increasingly brazen corruption and administrative abuses.
Moreover, even congressional Republicans who have distanced themselves from Trump’s more extreme statements – some even before his inadequate response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia – still support his main policy proposals, and are relying on him to sign conservative legislation that Obama vetoed.
Generally, the constitution does not change, or changes only slowly, whereas a new party or coalition redefines the policy agenda and reforms the legislation.
Furthermore, because governments did not trust one another, they insisted on including in treaties what would normally belong in ordinary legislation.
Influential tycoons proudly report that the government consults with them on all economic legislation.
But today’s French legislation is less rigorous than it seems.
Nor is it an answer to demand hasty enactment of legislation in the face of a threat to cause public disorder by starving oneself to death, as Anna Hazare has done.
Trump will also be pushed more to the center by Congress, with which he will have to work to pass any legislation.
Soroush does believe Sharia, or Islamic law, should be a basis for modern legislation.
The rise in inequality is the product of a vicious spiral: the rich rent-seekers use their wealth to shape legislation in order to protect and increase their wealth – and their influence.
As such, they should not be subject to the same approval process as normal legislation.
Six Features of the Disinformation AgeMENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA – Concern about the proliferation of disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda has reached the point where many governments are proposing new legislation.
Singapore has announced plans to introduce similar legislation next year to tackle “fake news.”
Article 20a of Germany’s Grundgesetz (Basic Law) stipulates that, “Mindful also of its responsibility toward future generations, the state shall protect the natural foundations of life and animals by legislation and, in accordance with law and justice, by executive and judicial action…”By demonstrating that younger living citizens suffer more than their older counterparts from short-sighted fiscal and environmental policies, Juliana could be the first step toward recognizing a similar responsibility in the US.
But will it live up to its billing if businesses fear that the legislation, passed by a thin partisan majority, will ultimately be reversed?
The decision defies not only the merits of the case and well-established precedent, but also the government’s own need for a more bipartisan spirit to develop if it is to get any of its major legislation through the Australian Parliament.
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